Meaning of CRYSTALLIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kris`tlIz
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- [v] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- [v] cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"
- [v] assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- [v] cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"
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| | Synonyms: | | clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalise, crystalize, crystalize, crystallise, crystallise, effloresce, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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| | See Also: | | change integrity, clarify, crystallize, devitrify, form, shape, solidify | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.]
To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
\Crys"tal*lize\, v. i.
To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline
form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive
attraction.
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| | Related Terms: | | cake, candy, come together, concrete, condense, draw up, fall in, fall into line, fall into place, fall into rank, form, gather around, granulate, harden, lithify, petrify, place itself, rally round, range itself, set, shape up, solidify, take a set, take form, take its place, take order, take rank, take shape, thicken, turn to stone |
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